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United States vs. Kelly is important because he had no CDC risk factors and was seeking to bypass his administrative remedies.

In United States vs. Eason, the Eleventh Circuit Determined that Hobbs Act Robbery was not a sufficient Career Offender Predicate. Read more.

On April 22, 2020, the Acting Assistant Director of the Correctional Programs Division and the Assistant Director of the Reentry Services Division for the BOP released a memorandum in regard to placing inmates on home confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This memorandum introduced some new guidelines to the previously existing order.

These two 3582 cases present examples of effective use of home confinement and utilization of administrative exhaustion with the BOP

The Federal Defenders website has several examples of cases where an inmate was able to show what was necessary to receive a reduction in sentence under 18 USC 3582(c)(1)(A).

The Barr memorandum is a follow-up to the March Memorandum regarding the implementation of the CARES Act as it relates home confinement.

Garza vs. Idaho is an important Supreme Court case from 2019 that dealt with an attorney’s duties to inform the client of the right to appeal a criminal conviction.  This decision had not previously been listed on our blog so we are doing it now.   Garza signed two plea agreements in the State of Idaho.  […]

As part of the First Step Act (FSA) implementation, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is required to perform assessments on BOP inmates using the Department of Justice’s risk and needs assessment tool known as the Prisoner Assessment Tool Targeting Estimated Risk and Need (PATTERN). The tool is designed to measure risk of recidivism of inmates.  […]

As part of the First Step Act (FSA) implementation, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) system is required to perform assessments on all BOP inmates using the DOJ’s risk and needs assessment tool known as the Prisoner Assessment Tool targeting Estimated Risk and Need (PATTERN). The tool was released in […]

The CARES Act was signed into law recently to fight COVID-19, a disease caused by a novel coronavirus. Learn how this bill may help federal inmates.